The Film Daily (1931)

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THE •SB8H DAILY Wednesday, May 27, 1931V I ONLY 13 REMARK LISTED BY MAJOR PRODUCERS (Continued from Page 1) her. six. as follows: "Merely Mary Ann." "Salomy lain-." "Yellow Ticket," "Over the Hill," "Riders of the Purple Sage" and "Rainbow Trails." Paramount has two make-overs, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and •Manhandled." on its schedule. Universal will remake "Lasca of the Rio Grande" and "Derailed." On the M-G-M program are "The Squaw Man" and "Arsene Lupin." "Schooldays" is the only remake on the First National schedule. Warner Bros. RKO, Columbia, United Artists and Pathe have not planned any remakes. Sponsored Film Action Satisfied Eugene Castle Satisfied that his purpose has been accomplished, Eugene Castle of Castle Films is understood to have dropped his fight against the sponsored short activities of Paramount and Warner Bros. Both major companies are said to be winding up their ad film activities with the conclusion of present contracts, and in some instances existing agreements arc being modified to expedite their completion. A LITTLE from "LOTS" B\ RALPH WII.K Raoul Walsh to Broadcast Raoul Walsh, Fox director, whose latest production, "Women of All Nations," opens at the Roxy on Friday, will be guest artist on the theater's radio program next Monday evening at 7:45. Norris Novel Bought by Columbia "Zelda Marsh," novel by Charles G, Norris, has been bought by Columbia for production next season. New Low Rates in HOLLYWOOD $ 4 ROOM WITH BATH $ 5 Right in the heart of Hollywood— with interesting places to go— people to seo and things to do. Writt for BockUt. Vacation Burton ILOOSeVGLT "*^ "•*"* HOTG L ROBERT J. McCABE, Manager HOLLYWOOD. CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD VV7ILLIAM POWELL'S first starring picture under his new longterm contract with Warner Bros., •The Other Man," is Hearing completion, and plans are already being Made foi the vehicle that will follow t. This will be "Divorce Detective," from an original story written for he screen by Dashiell Hammett, auhor of "The Maltese Falcon." * * * Demand for George Raft's services in the talkies, especially for underworld characterizations, has increased to the point where he has j ter of B. P. Schulberf managing <iicompletely forsaken his career as rector of West Coast production at a dancing star of the stage and willl the Paramount studios, leaves Hollv Varconi has been assigned an important part, and also in the cast will be Richard Bennett, Nina Mac McKinney, Donald Stuart, John Harrington. Ralf Harolde, Cecil Cunningham. J. Farrell MacDonald, Boris Karloff and George Marion, Sr. * * * Johnny Mack Brown will have the lead in the Universal serial, "Battling With Buffalo Bill," as well as a role in U's "Lasca of the Rio Grande." * * * Sonia Schulberg, 13-year-old daugh SAYS MUSIC IN FILMS IS INFERIOR TO give all of his time to the movies. Raft is featured in "Hush Money," Fox film directed by Sidney Lanfield. * * * The script of "Fifty Fathoms Deep." Columbia's stirring undersea drama, which will serve as Richard Cromwell's second screen vehicle, is nearing completion under the pen of Dorothy Howell. * * * Our Passing Show: Phil Reisman ?nd Stanley Bergerman lunching at Universal; Sam Freedman returning from Stanford, where he made arrangements for a series of football shorts, which will be made with the co-operation of Glenn "Pop" Warner. * * * Robert Florey. wdiose last picture in Europe was Sascha Guitry's "Black and White." will direct "Frankenstein." for Universal. His last assignment at the Paramount New York studios was "The Cocoanuts," starring the Marx Brothers. * * * Ralph I nee has been secured by RKO Pathe to play one of the featured supporting roles in "The Iron Chalice," Bill Baud's starring picture. * * * Fredric March is understood to be definitely set to do "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" for Paramount. * * * William Goodrich has been assigned the post of principal director on the Educational comedies to be made next season at the Educational studios. * * * Universal has canceled production r>la ns on "Blind Husbands." which Eric Von Stroheim was to direct and star in for the 1930-31 program. The picture has been replaced with "ExBad Boy." * * * Louis Sarecky will supervise the forthcoming Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey comedy, "Six Weeks in R"no," a divorce-mill farce. Tim Whelan wrote the original story and is now adapting it for the screen. * * ' * Marilyn Miller will be starred by Warners in "The Ladv from Xew Orleans," formerly called "Safe in Hell," from a storv by Huston Branch, adapted bv Maude Fulton. Michael Curtiz will direct. Victor wood June 5 for Washington, D. C. to join a party of 52 United States school children for a good will tour of English and French institutions. * * * Enid Boinett and Doris Lloyd are late additions to Universal's "Waterloo Bridge." A'~ % % Director Breezy Eason and his Mascot troupe have left Hollywood for a three weeks' stay at Kernville, where he will make the exteriors for "The Vanishing Legion," Mascot serial. * * * Lucille Brown has been placed under long term contract by Universal. * * * Robert Kortman has been added to the cast of Columbia's latest Buck Jones western tentatively titled "Branded." * * * Marian Nixon has been signed to play the ingenue role in "Women Go On Forever," forthcoming James Cruze special on the Tiffany program. * * * Walter McGrail has joined the cast of Paramount's "Murder by the Clock." * * * Trem Carr starts production this week on another Tiffany action western "Near the End of The Trail" starring Bob Steele. Marion Shockley has been chosen for the leading feminine role. Wally Fox will direct. •% $ % Sally O'Neill has been assigned the lead in Fox's "The Grat," adapted byBarry Connors from the play by Maude Fulton. Louise Mackintosh has been signed to play a mother role. * * * Sally Eilers will have the lead in Vina Delmar's "Bad Girl," being made by Fox. James Dunn is leading man, with Frank Borzage directing. Dialogue and continuity are by Edwin Burke. Arthur Sheekman. former newspaper dramatic critic and recently a Broadway musical comedy sketch writer, has been signed by Paramount to work on the script for "Monkey Business." current starring vehicle for the Four Marx Brothers. (Continued from Page 1) and ground noise still further r duced, he said. Newer and more powerful soul installations will eventually be r quired, Crabtree stated. He furth said that investigations by the Stan ards Committee of the Society sho] that extremely wide film is not ne essary to produce a large scret picture. So far as can be predicte with only modern improvements : film emulsions with respect to grai: present 35 mm. film will be adequai for the largest pictures possible i the average theater, especially if tl picture and sound records are place on separate films. Crabtree stated the Massachuset! Institute of Technology and Schoc of Optics of the University of Rod ester will establish fellowships fc investigation of problems pertainin to the film industry. Tunds ar forthcoming, if necessary. In a paper prepared by Harold I Franklin on color the theater execu live declared that when movies ca capture blending hues of spectrin so that they dissolve into scenes an not dominate the picture, color wi enhance pictorial and dramatic va ues. Real competition is developin, better color production methods, th paper said. The delegates yesterday inspect °d the Fox studios and showed kee; interest in a condenser which elimi rates whistle in carbon lights whic! has hampered production of talkers The condenser was devised by Wal fer Quinlan, Fox chief engineer, am Win field Sheehan has made it avail able to all studios. Speakers for today, following ; symposium on studio practices, in 'hide L. A. Jones. Hans Dreier, Col onel Jason Joy. A. C. Hardy, Pau Snell and M. W. Palmer. The semi annual banquet takes place tonigh in the Blossom Room of the Hote Roosevelt The Society now has 800 mem hers, representing 18 countries, i was stated. 11 Pathe Shorts in Times Sa. Eleven RKO Pathe shorts are cur "entlv playing in Times Snuar houses. There are four at the Tnn« Lux, two at the Cameo, two at thj Mayfair, two at the Globe and o0< at the Hippodrome. Lambert Booked Solid Eddie Lambert, who furnishes the laughs for the Tiffany-James Cruze production, "Women Go On Forever," has just completed a 24-week personal appearance tour of Publix Theaters. He is also appearing in a series of "Laff Tours" for Warner Bros., a series of "Humanettes" for Radio and in the fall will produce "Nine O'clock" a stage play featuring Al Herman and Eddie Bordon.